The revolution often starts with the poets. In the U.S., they are mentioned, then ignored. And so it goes in the...
Cascadian Independence in the Newspaper of Record
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Paul E Nelson Blog
Postcarding & DaySinging Workshop
We had a full house for the Flag Day 2026 online workshop for poets interested in making the most out of the summer...
Poetry @ ScribFest
I'm delighted to be part of a panel and performance at ScribFest, Saturday, June 20, at 10am. From the ScribLab...
Xavier Cavazos interviews Paul E Nelson
I had the good fortune of being interviewed today by Xavier Cavazos for his class at Central Washington University. He...
PAMLA in Seattle in November
I got this today:Pacific Ancient and Modern Language AssociationTuesday, May 12, 2026Dear Paul Nelson,I hope this...
Rainier Beach Arts & Culture Roundtable #2
To network as neighborhood creatives, support arts and culture, improve the visibility of arts & culture in...
Cascadia Day Poetry Explosion May 18 7pm
May 18 is Cascadia Day, because it is the anniversary of the eruption of Mt. St. Helens.Bioregional journalist Andrew...
Interview with Deborah Poe on her Submission to Winter in America (Still
How does one make literary art about this time in history, that avoids rhetoric and facile political positioning in...
Theodore Roethke and the Birth of Cascadian Poetry
I'm honored to be giving a talk/reading on the subject of: Theodore Roethke and the Birth of Cascadian Poetry on May...
Paul E. Nelson, Clyfford Still Museum Institute Residential Fellowship Program
04.20.26 for immediate release The Clyfford Still Museum Institute Residential Fellowship Program has announced its...
Interview with Aldon Lynn Nielsen on Gil Scott-Heron
I was a sophomore at Wright Junior College in Chicago in 1981, quite determined to be a professional broadcaster,...
Rainier Beach Arts Roundtable & Mapes Creek
It's kind of a joke in the bioregional community that bioregionalists are people who fly all over the world to tell...